Strive Quotes

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Elimination of nuclear weapons, so naive, so simplistic, and so idealistic as to be quixotic? Some may think so. But as human beings, citizens of… — Robert McNamara
Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the nuclear… — Alva Myrdal
In striving for the best, in losing onself in others, one is lifted above the common material furniture of life, above the gaudy trappings and… — Olympia Brown
Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still; expression, moving. But then if I… — Zhuangzi
Even when you are striving, stumbling and struggling, it's exhilarating if you sense you are growing. — Unknown Author
Know how to keep anticipation alive: always strive to feed it, by letting the much promise more, and the one achievement be the announcement only… — Baltasar Gracian
Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough? — Leo Tolstoy
We can always get along better by reason and love of truth than by worry of conscience and remorse...we should strive to keep worry from… — Baruch Spinoza
The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world. — Andre Malraux
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. It can be argued that peace and happiness comes from the subjective internalised perspective of realizing… — Gautama Buddha
To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading. — Seneca the Younger
Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty. — Rose Bird
It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first and second half… — B. C. Forbes
True men of this world do not wish. They change that which they know can be changed, they accept what cannot, and they always strive… — Unknown Author
When faced with a mountain, I WILL NOT QUIT! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or… — Robert H. Schuller
The creative consequences of man's imaginative strivings may never make him whole; but they constitute his deepest consolations and his greatest glories. — Anthony Storr
Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's or woman's sense… — A. Bartlett Giamatti
We strive toward a goal, and whether we achieve it or not is important, but it's not what's most important. What matters is how we… — Scott Jurek
In handling resources, strive to avoid disaster rather than to attain an optimum. — Butler Lampson
Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it. — Edgar Lee Masters

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